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Disruptive TP53 mutation is associated with aggressive disease characteristics in an orthotopic murine model of oral tongue cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Nov 2011
Sano Daisuke, Xie Tong-Xin, Ow Thomas J, Zhao Mei, Pickering Curtis R, Zhou Ge, Sandulache Vlad C, Wheeler David A, Gibbs Richard A, Caulin Carlos, Myers Jeffrey N
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PURPOSE: To characterize tumor growth and metastatic potential in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell lines in an orthotopic murine model of oral tongue cancer and to correlate TP53 mutation status with these findings. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Cells from each of 48 HNSCC cell lines were orthotopically injected into the oral tongues of nude mice. Tumor volume, cervical lymph node metastasis, and mouse...
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